The narrator introduces himself as Death. He sees the world in colors; he is very observant, especially to the people in the world. There is one story he takes particular interest in, and it is the story of Liesel Meminger, and we start to follow her story. Liesel and her younger brother were on their way to a foster home in a town called Munich, but her brother does not make it with her. He dies suddenly on their trip and has to be buried in the nearest town. As they are burying her brother, she finds a small, black book hidden in the snow and picks it up, so beginning her reputation and title of the book thief. Upon arrival her foster home, she is very shy at first, but develops a good relationship with her foster father. As she adjusts to